Irving Azoff: Sorry to f--- up your New Year's, Ray. Billboard: I thought that was the motivation for announcing today. A: It wasn't to f--- up New Year's, it was to pay [taxes] on 2012 rates rather than 2013. Q: Something like this would seem to have been in the works for quite a w... Read more...
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In good company: Chill Moody to headline the TLA on December 28, 2012 PHILADELPHIA, December 10, 2012 - When Chill Moody got word that he would be headlining a Live Nation concert at Philadelphia’s Theater of Living Arts (TLA) on December 28, 2012 he could have just decided t... Read more...
Though expectations are already high for the lineup at the inaugural Budweiser Made In America festival in Philadelphia this weekend - Pearl Jam, Run-DMC, Skrillex and curator Jay-Z are among the confirmed headliners, with Beyonce rumored to make a surprise appearance - the two-day event represent... Read more...
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STREAMING LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA Jay-Z's "Made In America" music festival gets under way in Philadelphia -- rain or shine. The ticketed event begins at 2 p.m. Saturday and runs through Sunday night. Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Run DMC, Odd Future, and Dirty Projectors are among some 30 musical ... Read more...
Jay-Z may have one of the most successful and lucrative careers in hip-hop, a talented and renowned wife, a much cooed-over baby girl and part ownership in the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets basketball franchise. But does he have his own two-day music festival? Well, he’ll soon have that, too. On M... Read more...
Live Nation's Russell Wallach has done his fair share of research into branding. Just this year, his company has paired Weezer with State Farm and 30 Seconds to Mars with HP to try and help each with cross-promotion. After appearing at the Billboard Touring Conference's "Sponsorship Buyers And S... Read more...
Hoping to boost concert attendance in a hobbled economy, Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment Inc., is joining with the popular online deals site Groupon to launch a discount ticket site for live events. Dubbed GrouponLive, the service, expected to launch in June, is aimed at easing bo... Read more...
A downturn in the concert business in 2010 did not have a negative impact on corporate dollars spent in the space, as North American-based companies will spend $1.17 billion to sponsor music venues, festivals and tours in 2011, a 7.3% increase from the $1.09 billion spent in 2010, according ... Read more...
The race for Warner Music Group is now down to the three most credible bids but the board would consider more bidders, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. These three companies were identified by a Bloomberg report as Yucaipa Companies, Access Industries and Platinum Equity.... Read more...